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Hand In Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief presents country music legends live on September 12, 2017. George Strait showed love for his home state of Texas at the San Antonio Majestic Theatre.

The live star-studded telethon featured broadcasts from Los Angeles, New York, Nashville and San Antonio where George Strait played a benefit concert for the Rebuild Texas Fund.

George Strait's Harvey Hurricane Relief show included special guests Miranda Lambert, Chris Stapleton, Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen. All five performers shared the stage during their "Hand in Hand" appearance, performing a medley of Strait's hits.

After an introduction by film star and fellow Texan Matthew McConaughey, they sang together on "Texas" and "I Believe" (2:40) during Hand In Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Relief to aid Harvey and Irma victims in Texas and Florida. Donate Now Text Give to 80077 to give $25.

How you can help hurricane victims in Puerto Rico full article here
Soldiers of Puerto Rico’s national guard distribute relief items to people, after the area was hit by Hurricane Maria in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Photo by REUTERS/Alvin Baez.
Islands throughout the Caribbean communities are beginning a long road to recovery from several major hurricanes that have ravaged the Atlantic. But Puerto Rico in particular is facing what local officials have described as a full-blown humanitarian crisis, with devastation they call “apocalyptic.”
Less than two weeks after Hurricane Irma made landfall on the island, Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria, the worst natural disaster the island has seen in nearly a century. Sixteen people have died as a result of the storm, according to the Associated Press, a number local officials expect to rise. The island has virtually no running water or electricity; around 80 percent of the island’s crops have been destroyed. Scores of Puerto Ricans are gathe…

For over a decade, course author Andrea Stolpe has written for the commercial music industry, including songs performed by Faith Hill and Josh Gracin. Her online course, Commercial Songwriting Techniques, is a perfect combination of theory and concrete skill building that focuses songwriters on the key element of writing a hit song: creating patterns of content that will help to create memorable melodies and lyrics that forge an emotional connection with the listener.